On BBC One, Rip Off Britain was seen by 3.39m (16.2%) at 7.30pm, while Panorama's unemployment special attracted 1.83m (7.8%) at 8.30pm. The Prisoners ended with 2.74m (11.9%) at 9pm.

Adrian Edmondson's The Dales launched with a decent 3.19m (14.2%) at 8pm, with a further 132,000 (0.6%) on +1.

Sir Ian McKellen comedy Vicious dropped nearly another million viewers for its third episode, grabbing 2.66m (11.5%) at 9pm (241k/1.3% on +1). The Job Lot fell to 2.17m (9.5%) at 9.30pm (190k/1.3%).

On Channel 4, new series Skint launched with 2.50m (10.9%) at 9pm (637k/3.9% on +1). Earlier, Superscrimpers was seen by 1.05m (4.5) at 8.30pm. Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares grabbed 1.02m (6.3%) at 10pm.

On Channel 5, Ben Fogle's New Lives in the Wild attracted 1.17m (5.1%) at 9pm.